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And there's how many people still playing?

I came back to try the patch, and I have to say I think I may finally be done with this title.

The patch did wonders for balance but the dwindling community and lack of any separation between pub matches and arranged teams is just the straw that broke the camels back.

Game 1:3 UEF clan memebers vs random pubs and me. Game ends in 20 min.
Game 2: CBZ clan, one of our guys leaves instantly. Game over in 30 min.
Game 3: Actual decent match with pub players. Game over in 40 min.
Game 4: Same 3 man team as game 2. Game over in 15 min.
Game 5: 4 man team on Steppes. Game over in 20 min.
Game 6: Same 4 man team on Steppes again (lol). Game over in 20 min.

I mean I respect the fact that the devs are trying to improve the game, and the reason for doing that is a viable community. But quite honestly this has to be stupidest thing I have ever seen in any online multiplayer.

Mechwarrior online had exactly the same problem until they changed the automatch to only allow random pub players to play together. It basically got to the point where the title almost died completely as new players were so turned off to the game they just quit. Now if you want to play with your friends you are placed in a separate pool of players, which makes complete sense. It's actually a blast to just drop in and play against random opponents online knowing you aren't going to get completely decimated by people with headsets. Conversely if you join a team match you are probably playing against 4-8 man drops on teamspeak who will completely fuck you up.

At least the guys from Game 5 and 6 were polite about it, and when I asked if they enjoyed stomping pubs all day the replied it wasn't their fault and they didn't particularly enjoy it either. Personally I don't see the challenge of having an overwhelming advantage and just winning over and over again, but to each their own.

I guess I'll have to finally bid farewell to this title, it's a shame really as I think the new changes were halfway decent for the gameplay, but this constant pubstomping just disgusts me, would it really be so hard to just program a button in that says "random team mates"?

Okay seriously what the fuck!?

I mean did the designers of this map want to resserect the Sheldt from whatever dark hell it currently slumbers in?

This map is GARBAGE!

At the one hour mark I couldn't take it anymore and joined my previous 2 allies in quitting.

Nothing but some asshole gloating about how his B4's are all skill and shit.I lost a panther and my tiger ace just crossing the bridge as arty exploded all over hells half acre.

This map belongs out of auto match ASAP.

I feel like this is some kind of permanent April fools joke.

yes of course i should have seen that you are teamgame player because your the only kind of player that could make such claims. But you are barking up the wrong tree. okw in 1vs1 is balanced including its shreks. the real culprit in teamgames is the ostheer giving the okw an economical advantage it should not have. This was a similar issue with coh 1 brit (especially royal engineers) + Ami.

they never fixed that so i guess allies are screwed in temagames.

Yes allies are screwed in team games, and I am sick of it. I can go on crazy streaks with Germans, but right now with most allied teams you are fucked, even with better players. Plus the majority of the time it seems like you are facing arranged teams who play as Germans. But I don't like waiting 15min for a game, and then someone drops right off the hop you have wasted your time.

The new factions are incredibly poorly designed and the lack of target tables mean that balancing this mess of a game is probably going to be an endless labor from a company that has virtually no resources.My favorite Ost strategy is to just call in fuel for my OKW ally and go for a 10 min King Tiger. Most of the time thats an instant surrender and gg. If the game does drag on then just call in an elephant or a jagd, now that the ISU-152 has been nerfed to hell it's almost impossible for allies to deal with.


But to the discussion at hand, I don't really see why having allies with an effective handheld AT weapon is the end of the world. Shreks have what like 50% more penetration and damage for only 30% more against the majority of allied tanks which have very little armor to begin with?

Actually it doesnt. If the okw had similar fuel income as the other factions it would be a different matter. but the fact is that the okw in most 1vs 1 games can only afford 1 panther or jp4 or 2 puma's . These guys potent as they are will fall apart fuel wise when dealing with the very cost effective call in tanks in the form of the 85 and e8. to properly balance this the okw needs shreks to support their AT tanks.

Your suggestion will not open up anything just unnecessarily gimp the okw. in my opinion the current handheld safe for the zooka who needs a slight price decrease is fine

Then buff the ratkenwerfer to something resembling a Pak. The lack of fuel income does very little to stop the massive blob of super effective infantry that can hard counter any US armor.

Barring the IS-2, or ISU-152, you only really need one panther because obers completely nullify any and all infantry, and the 2-3 5 star volks squad can obliterate any allied armor.

Its not some magical coincidence that it takes me 20 min to find a game as a German in 4 v 4 vs 30 seconds as the allies. No one wants to play anything larger than a 2 v 2 as the allies, and with good fucking reason. The heavy armor is NOT balanced at all. Of course Germans are all for making the bazookas cheaper, a useless AT weapon is still useless even if it costs less.

The new instant squad wipe mechanics have only made the problem of closing with armor even worse. But hey Germans can always just keep cheering "flank" and "combined arms" so the game stays like it is.